Hi i am new to linux and i am wonering how to set up a network with it so that i can vnc my windows computers and that one. i would also like to use file sharing bouth ways between windows and linux. could anyone help me to do that.

i believe there is vnc on the desktop of DSL. you will need to set up VNC servers on the windows machines.

samba allows windows and linux to share files...

VNC: Setup the VNC server on the Windows PC and install the client on the Linux box or vice versa.

File Sharing:
Linux to Windows: share a windows folder in the normal way, then on linux you can mount it with

mount -t smbfs -o workgroup=<insert workgroup/domain>,user=<insert user> \\<insert win ip here>\<insert share> /mnt/<insert mount point here>

Fill in the <> parts with the relevant details of your network e.g.

mount -t smbfs -o workgroup=MSHOME,user=fred \\172.16.0.1\pictures /mnt/windows

Windows to linux : You'll need to set up and configure a samba server on your linux box (plenty of HOWTOs on the net).

on hp-ux i have found 'cifsclient' to be useful.

i think this is called smbclient on linux.

with it you can store windows user names and passwords in a database and use these to authenticate to windows shares automagically.

furthermore you can put the windows shares in /etc/fstab/

check out:

http://docs.hp.com/en/B8724-90067/ch02s04.html

it's for unix, but it should give you an overwiew